Pokémon

Advanced Challenge

A shadow hovers over Ash, May, and friends as they continue their journey through the Hoenn region, and it’s not just that of Mt. Chimney—both Team Magma and Team Aqua put plans into action with our heroes caught in the middle! When not foiling evil schemes, Ash and May chase their personal goals, with Ash battling for three more Gym Badges and May winning her first three Contest Ribbons. The group also gains new Pokémon like Torkoal and Bulbasaur, but could they be too much to handle?

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What You Seed Is What You Get

1. What You Seed Is What You Get

2003-09-04 · 23 min

When Ash's Treecko and Corphish face Grovyle and Slugma in a double battle, Treecko turns the tables, learning to use Bullet Seed.

Love at First Flight

2. Love at First Flight

2003-09-11 · 23 min

Our heroes discover a love story between two Trainers who star with their Pokémon in a local dance festival.

Let Bagons Be Bagons

3. Let Bagons Be Bagons

2003-09-18 · 23 min

A Trainer learns that Pokémon battling requires more than tactics and technology. Meanwhile, a Bagon dreams the impossible dream of taking flight.

The Princess and the Togepi (1)

4. The Princess and the Togepi (1)

2003-09-25 · 23 min

An invitation to the Togepi Festival brings Misty to the Hoenn region, where she learns that a local kingdom bases its rule on the whims of passing Togepi.

A Togepi Mirage! (2)

5. A Togepi Mirage! (2)

2003-10-02 · 23 min

Our heroes go up against an evil regent who would use Misty's Togepi to steal the throne from its rightful heir!

Candid Camerupt!

6. Candid Camerupt!

2003-10-09 · 23 min

Ash, Brock, May, and Max must all work together to face the four members of a family of skilled Pokémon Trainers and their powerful Pokémon.

I Feel Skitty!

7. I Feel Skitty!

2003-10-16 · 23 min

After her Skitty is exhausted by chasing its own tale, May entrusts it to a local aromatherapy house, where it recovers completely.

ZigZag Zangoose!

8. ZigZag Zangoose!

2003-10-23 · 23 min

A young trainer gains confidence and strengthens his bond with his Zangoose, when he is forced to face Seviper in a less than fair battle.

Maxxed Out!

9. Maxxed Out!

2003-10-30 · 23 min

Max meets another young boy who shares his name, but differs greatly in personality. When this young and inexperienced new acquaintance goes off on his own, Ash and friends must track him down.

Pros and Con Artists (1)

10. Pros and Con Artists (1)

2003-11-06 · 23 min

As May prepares for her first contest, Ash faces another contestant in a pre-contest battle.

Come What May! (2)

11. Come What May! (2)

2003-11-13 · 23 min

May wins her first contest, finally earning a ribbon. Jessie of Team Rocket attempts to win by cheating, but is disqualified.

Cheer Pressure

12. Cheer Pressure

2003-11-20 · 23 min

Ash and friends meet an old friend who has since joined a Pokémon cheering squad. When they expose his squad for a fake, the trainer is inspired to start anew.

Game Winning Assist

13. Game Winning Assist

2003-11-27 · 23 min

When Team Rocket threatens an innocent family of ranchers, Ash and friends drive them away, with May's Eneko using Assist for the first time.

Fight for the Meteorite

14. Fight for the Meteorite

2003-12-04 · 23 min

When Team Aqua and Team Magma battle to gain a meteor on Mount chimney, Ash and friends must put an end to both of their dastardly plans.

Poetry Commotion!

15. Poetry Commotion!

2003-12-11 · 23 min

No sooner has Ash begun an official battle with a novice gym leader, Flannery, than Team Rocket interrupts, postponing the battle for an extra day.

Going, Going, Yawn

16. Going, Going, Yawn

2003-12-18 · 23 min

Ash is battling for his fourth Hoenn region Gym badge! Can his Corphish defeat Flannery's team of Fire types?

Going for a Spinda

17. Going for a Spinda

2003-12-25 · 23 min

When rumors arise that a particular Spinda draws happiness to its trainer, Team Rocket quickly hatches a plan to steal this lucky Pokémon.

All Torkoal, No Play

18. All Torkoal, No Play

2004-01-08 · 23 min

Ash and friends struggle to pass through a valley guarded by territorial Steel Pokémon.

Manectric Charge

19. Manectric Charge

2004-01-15 · 23 min

While Ash uses his Torkoal to battle the powerful Watson, May faces his assistant with her Skitty.

Delcatty Got Your Tongue

20. Delcatty Got Your Tongue

2004-01-22 · 23 min

When May's Skitty is injured far from a Pokémon Center, a master in the art of Pokémon massage comes to the rescue!

Disaster of Disguise

21. Disaster of Disguise

2004-01-29 · 23 min

When Ash and friends learn that a masked coordinator is attempting to compete in secret, they help the timid boy hide his identity.

Disguise Da Limit

22. Disguise Da Limit

2004-02-05 · 23 min

At Vendanturf Town, the masked trainer makes a strong performance, but loses to May's Skitty, as May wins her second ribbon.

Take the Lombre Home

23. Take the Lombre Home

2004-02-12 · 23 min

The people of a small village blame a local drought on the Pokémon Solrock, but it soon comes to light that the drought is in fact the work of Team Rocket.

True Blue Swablu

24. True Blue Swablu

2004-02-19 · 23 min

May feels a special duty to help a wounded Swablu return to its flock.